Adrian & Matt gave me the opportunity to be among the first photographers to photograph a wedding at Austin‘s brand new Hotel Van Zandt located off Rainey street. They checked the venue out for the first time in hard hats while it was still being built! Adrian had a busy getting room with not only 14 bridesmaids but also her sweet beagle dog, Lola. I love being a part of all the activity, it means there is always something to photograph. The ceremony was held at one of my favorite Austin churches, Central Christian. The reception had the absolute dream team of Austin vendors to create an amazing party for 290 people from all over the U.S. Pearl Events, Polka Dot macaroons, Simon Lee cakes, The Pictures band, & ILC video made the wedding complete. After two months shooting weddings outside of Texas it was so nice to be greeted back into the city with such an amazing wedding on every level.

This past March I went out to Belize for the second time this year to photograph Lianie & David’s San Ignacio wedding. I posted about their engagement session photographed the day before at their family ranch here. Being from Houston, I’ve experienced some warm weddings but this one was a hot one, especially for mid March…. in so many ways :) The heat didn’t stop a single person from getting down on the dance floor and these local Belizeans (scattered with a few from around Texas and the states). Signature Belize weddings & events did an amazing job of converting what was a football sized backyard of grass into an amazingly beautiful event. Lianie & David are total sweethearts and it was very apparent but not only how many people were in attendance (around 300) but also by how many loving speeches were given about them. I cannot thank them enough for bringing us out there for to be apart of their wedding day.

These wild cats know how to throw a good party. They currently reside in the great city of Los Angeles but came back to Stephanie’s home state to get hitched. They had a beautiful ceremony at the historic Missions of San Antonio and went back to the Veranda for tasty food, great music, & plenty of booze. I look forward to the day that our paths cross again so we can party together :)

My first two weddings of 2016 took place in the beautiful country of Guatemala and because I didn’t have anything scheduled in between them, I decided to stick around. I ended up spending over 6 weeks in Central America, adventuring out to Belize & Honduras as well. Even with that much time accumulated, I still can’t wait to go back because that is how special of an area it is. Andrea & Chris found me through a referral and I am thankful that our paths were able to cross. A testament to how amazing they are is shown by the 180 guests that flew from all over to be a part of their big day. The day before the wedding we roamed the streets taking photos to assure that we could give Antigua the proper time it deserves. The wedding itself was held at Casa Santo Domingo but we ventured out to Santa Clara for the first look. During the sunset Catholic ceremony we could hear the volcano erupting, which sounds like thunder, an experience never to be forgotten. As soon as the reception began the dance floor was full, people from Ohio certainly know how to party. It only stopped after 2am when the venue basically had to kick us out. I would party with these kids any day.